{"id":1218,"date":"2006-03-09T07:01:17","date_gmt":"2006-03-09T14:01:17","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2006-03-09T07:09:43","modified_gmt":"2006-03-09T14:09:43","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/node\/1218\/","title":{"rendered":"The fool and the scientist"},"content":{"rendered":"

People laugh and mock me as I flee from the battlefield<\/a> but.. hey, I thought I was running away with the loot I was interested in.<\/p>\n

What was my whole point? That there is a relationship, a tie between “mechanics” and “metaphors”<\/a>. Then the discussion evolved<\/a> and I realized that not only that tie exists, but, in particular, that I advocate it and I believe that it will be where games in general are heading to. Two new elements, then.<\/p>\n

Raph demonstrated that the tie isn’t an absolute rule and that each layer can revolve independently. I stepped back on my initial positions and agreed there, but I also wrote that from my point of view that’s the consequence of the immaturity of the genre: the interest in the medium and not in what the medium can be used for<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Then, the last reiteration<\/a> that flows in a simple equation, in my mind:<\/p>\n

mechanics + metaphors = immersion<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n

The tie\/dependence between the level of the “mechanics” and the level of the “metaphor” is the “immersion”. The immersion<\/a> is that part that I really miss in these games. It’s a level that I would like to see recovered. I know it’s possible and worthwhile.<\/p>\n

Mechanics not strictly tied with metaphors are not immersive<\/a>. And not fun nor accessible<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That’s why I’m not all hyped up about penguins<\/a>. And why I’m not squealing in delight<\/a> if that’s where we are going.<\/p>\n

The rest of the discussion about ludemes, game grammar and all the “what is what” is a discussion that, *right now*, I don’t feel useful and that I didn’t join. Nor is one where I would argue with Raph because I haven’t formed my own opinion yet and I have nothing that could contribute to it.<\/p>\n

And always remember that disclaimer up there, on top of the page. That’s like the EULA you need to accept before reading stuff here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

People laugh and mock me as I flee from the battlefield but.. hey, I thought I was running away with the loot I was interested in. What was my whole point? That there is a relationship, a tie between “mechanics” and “metaphors”. Then the discussion evolved and I realized that not only that tie exists, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-1218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-game_design"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}